In light of a claim that the IRS has been harassing religious institutions, I would add an anecdote to further burnish bureaucratic bigotry.
For a few months late in the last century, I worked for the State Council of …
The cheerleaders at Kountze High School, 95 miles northeast of Houston, may deploy Christian-themed banners at school sporting events, a State District judge ruled. Some photos of the banners (with cheerleaders) may be seen here.
In Texas, religious …
In a moving White House ceremony Thursday President Obama posthumously awarded Fr. Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest, the Congressional Medal of Honor for the extraordinary care he gave his fellow soldiers during the Korean War, often at the risk … … In Why Tolerate Religion? Brian Leiter, author of the Leiter Reports blog and a law professor at the University of Chicago who has an interest in philosophy, asks why Western democracies have sought to promote and protect religion—and religious liberty—in … … It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed … When consolidating their control over society, authoritarian regimes know that extinguishing political, civil and economic freedom is never quite enough. All authoritarians recognize that taking religious freedom seriously limits their capacity to interfere with the ability of people (including non-believers) …
A Congressional Medal Restoring Religious Liberty?
Friday Roundup, April 12th
No Accommodations Allowed: The Rights of Conscience and the European Court of Human Rights
On Tuesday January 15, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a long awaited judgement. Four British citizens had sought from it a ruling that, on account of their religion, legal rights belonging to them under the European Convention …
A Leiter Case for the Superfluousness of Religious Liberty
Friday Roundup: October 26th
The Theory and Practice of Toleration
In a famous letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, President Washington wrote:
Why Religious Liberty (and Thomas Becket) Really Matters
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